Work Experience

Are you interested in a future career working with marine life? Why not come and gain some hands on experience at SEA LIFE London Aquarium!

Life at the aquarium is busy, ever changing and totally unpredictable. We can never guarantee what you will be doing on you work placement, however we will endeavour to give you as broad and interesting an experience as possible. We will tailor each placement to meet your individual learning requirements. Most placements will be spent on our Guest Experience team, assisting with guest interaction and education. However, if you are interested in learning about other departments, you can also spend some time helping out our retail and admissions departments – just let us know!

A typical day on the guest experience team includes getting stuck in with everything which you would see as a guest going through the aquarium. This could mean you are helping out in the public feeding displays of many of our animals, including the piranhas, rays and seahorse. You could be educating from our interactive touch pool or taking guests around on our Behind the Scenes tour to show them the areas not usually accessible to the public. With over 40,000 school children visiting the aquarium every year we have educational tours and sessions running on a daily basis which need as many hands as possible. Of course, on a temporary placement you would never be expected to do any of this by yourself and will always be with an experienced member of staff.

Our aim is to ensure your placement is both completely flexible and totally beneficial to you – so whatever it is you want to gain experience in, just let us know! We will do everything we can to help you get the most from your time with us.

When can I come?

All placements for 2015 are full. Placement applications will be accepted for 2016 from 1st September 2015 and the applications period will close on 30th October 2015. Placements run Monday – Friday during term times only and are not available to book over weekends or school holidays. The placement dates for 2016 are as follows:

11th – 15th January

18th – 22nd January

7th -11th March

14th-18th March

9th – 13th May

20th -24th June

27th June – 1st July

4th – 8th July

12th – 16th September

19st – 23rd September

7th – 11th November

14th – 18th November

These placements are all 1 week. We can only accept candidates aged 16 and over.

How do I book?

If you would like to book a placement please send an email containing a CV and a covering letter briefly detailing the experience you are looking to gain, any experience you might already have and the preferred date of the placement you would like to book to

work.experience@londonaquarium.co.uk. Please note: due to the high number of applicants we receive, we may be unable to respond to all emails. If you do not hear back within 10 working days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.